Veterans Athletic Club Newsletter
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Veterans Athletic Club Newsletter Inside this Autumn 2017 issue: Gold Medals at Aarhus Records fall at Battersea Park! Snow Cup for Brian James 10,000m Best for Fiona Bishop Simon Baines Race Walking VAC Committee Members: 2017-2018 President Vacant Secretary (Committee Chair) Ros Tabor [email protected] Treasurer Andy Murray [email protected] Membership Secretary Peter Kennedy [email protected] Track & Field Secretary Mike May [email protected] Cross Country & Road Secretary Dennis Williams [email protected] [email protected] Walking Secretary David Hoben [email protected] Entries Secretary Maggie Statham [email protected] Officials Secretary Ros Tabor [email protected] Newsletter Editor/Press Officer Angela Kikugawa [email protected] Minutes Secretary Mike Mann [email protected] Other Officers Photographer Jeremy Hemming Team Manager for Men’s Surrey Paddy Clark [email protected] Cross Country League Team Manager for BMAF Inter-Area Nick Lauder [email protected] Matches Auditor Graham Laylee Veterans Athletic Club was established in 1931 and is affiliated to England Athletics, BMAF, South of England AA, Surrey County AA, the Race Walking Association and the South of the Thames Cross Country Association. We offer athletic competition for men and women aged 35 and over. Cross-country, road, track & field as well as race walking - there is something for everyone. Based in London with members across the South East, we can provide opportunities for you to compete with other like-minded masters/veterans. The Winter/Spring 2018 fixture list is printed in the newsletter. Please support these events. The newsletter welcomes contributions and events always need volunteers, as well as competitors. If you want to get involved, contact any of the Committee members listed above. Letter from the Membership your membership renewal. If you do Secretary, Peter Kennedy not have access to the internet then I Message from VAC Membership will accept a cheque payable to Secretary Veterans AC for the appropriate membership fee. Please send this to Before you receive the next my home address. magazine, your VAC membership renewal will become due. Thus, this Regards is the first reminder you will get, but Peter Kennedy for all those with an email address I 14 Keere St, Lewes, BN7 1TY will also send another reminder nearer the time. DATES FOR YOUR DIARY If you renew online before 1st April VAC’s parkrun “mob match”, 17 next year, you will find that your February 2018 membership is automatically We are gathering at the South renewed until 1st April 2019. After Norwood parkrun. Come along and that date, your membership will lapse and you will need to wait for meet fellow members. Look out for me to confirm your renewal before the VAC vests. you can compete in any VAC or BMAF event. Indoor Track and Field The new season starts with VAC’s The membership fee is still £18 for 3k track walk champs on 18 second claim and non-competing members but it will be £33 for first February, followed by VAC’s main claim members. The first-claim T&F champs on 25 February. Both membership fee includes £15 for fixtures are at Lee Valley. If you’ve England Athletics 2018-19 not performed on an indoor track registration, which is an increase of before, why not give it a try? It’s £1 on last year. If you are already a great fun! registered athlete for 2017-18, your registration remains in force until 30 June 2018 and thus you do not need What’s in the newsletter? to be concerned that your registration will lapse if our Marathon Page 7 Road Running Page 11 payment of the new registration Obituaries Page 17 takes a few weeks. Cross Country Page 18 Track and Field Page 19 I would urge you to log into your Race Walking Page 24 OpenTrack account in order to pay Parkrun Page 27 Editor Angela Kikugawa Writes hear that new VAC member Jon Cross has a place and when he completes it Some of you will know that I moved he will have achieved the marathon to Japan earlier this year. Myself and majors. For those of you who don’t my husband retired last year and know this is completion of Boston, decided to move out here for a few New York, Berlin, London, Tokyo years. Before heading off I enjoyed and Chicago marathons. To date, Jon my spare time by taking on the Heb 3 who is a V60, has completed the five challenge, something that had been on in under three hours, his latest being my list for some years but that I never New York on Sunday 5th November. had time to do. It’s a series of five half marathons in the Hebrides and to Well done Jon on your super be part of the challenge you need to achievement and I look forward to complete three of the races. I did my reporting on you with your marathon three races on Lewis, Harris and Skye. majors medal next edition. I would like to have completed the other two on Benbecula and Barra but Angela as I was on public transport they were just too awkward to get to. TWO MORE DATES FOR YOUR Nonetheless I really enjoyed the three DIARY! that I did. Lewis was run in 70 degrees, Skye in grey drizzle and Surrey CC League, Harris in a gale force wind and pelting 2 Dec and 10 Feb rain. All three are hilly but all three VAC men, both first and second put on cakes and sandwiches for claimers, are invited to run for VAC runners after. If you have the time at Roundshaw Downs and Lloyd Park. these are well worth doing. Ten men are needed for a scoring team. Every VAC runner is Further afield in Japan my first race, a appreciated. 5k in the town of Imabari where we are living, was cancelled due to a Vets AC Cross Country typhoon. I have a few more planned Championships 2018 however, not least the Ehime Please support our flagship medals marathon in February next year. I had event on Saturday 20 January on entered Tokyo, but like all the Wimbledon Common. Bring your marathon majors these days it is club mates who can run as guests. highly competitive and I did not get a place. I was however really pleased to 4 Winter 2017 and Spring 2018 Fixtures Refer to the VAC website (www.vetsac.org.uk) for updates and additions. Date Organiser Race/Event Venue Entry Closing Date Sat. BMAF/ England Kings Park Athletics 13:30. Closing 25 England Athletics Masters Cross Centre, Kings Park VAC date: 19 Nov Masters Association Country Inter Drive, Boscombe, men’s Nov 2017 Area Bournemouth BH7 and Challenge 6JD women’s 6km cross teams. country race. Individual Distance 4.5 entry via miles. BMAF. Sat. Men’s Surrey Cross Country Roundshaw Playing 3pm. VAC Enter on 2 Dec League Race Match 3 Fields, South 1st/2nd the day. 2017 Division 4 (VAC Men’s Beddington claim Advance team) CR0 4RW eligible. notice to VAC vest Paddy needed. Clark Sat. Hercules HW Inter- Wimbledon 11am Enter on 9 Dec Wimbledon and Club 5 mile Common Race HQ: the day 2017 East Surrey League XC Race. Lauriston Enquiry (VAC is a member of Also Match 2 Cottage. to the East Surrey of East Surrey Free Entries League) League event. Sec. Sat. South of the SOTCCA Aldershot. Near the 2pm Closing 16 Thames Cross Champs. Wellington 1st Claim date for Dec Country Association 7.5 miles. Monument, GU11 VAC team VAC 2017 (VAC team – 1QA. names to team First Claim Entries 6 Dec only) Secretary Sat. VAC VAC XC Wimbledon 2pm. Online 20 UKA Permit: Champs and Common SW19 Enter via entry by Jan Masters guests Masters 4UL. Awards and BMAF. 18 Jan. 2018 welcome. Entrants Open race refreshments at Entry on should be registered (approx. 7km) Belgrave Hall day with EA or equiv. Denmark Road. accepted Date Organiser Race/Event Venue Entry Closing Date Sat. Men’s Surrey Cross Country Lloyd Park, Croydon 2pm. Enter on 10 League Race Match 4 VAC1st/2n the day. Feb Division 4 (VAC Men’s d claim Advance 2018 team) eligible. notice to VAC vest Paddy necessary Clark Sat. South Norwood 5km run South Norwood 9am Enter on 17 parkrun Featuring Country Park. the day Feb New parkrunners VAC “mob (but 2018 must register with match” need parkrun to obtain a gathering. your Barcode Barcode) Sun. SCVAC SCVAC Indoor Lee Valley Athletic VAC Closing 18 T&F Champs Centre, Meridian members date Feb Including VAC Way, Edmonton welcome 4 Feb. 2018 3k track walk London at all Champs N9 0NR. events. Enter via BMAF Sun. BMAF/VAC/EVAC/ VAC Indoor Lee Valley Athletic Enter via Closing 25 South of England Track & Field Centre, Meridian BMAF date Feb Athletic Association Champs. Also Way, Edmonton 11 Feb. 2018 BMAF Indoor London Pentathlon N9 0NR. Champs. Sun. EAMA Indoor Track Lee Valley Athletic Enquiries Initial 4 (England Athletics & Field Inter Centre, Meridian to Team team Mar. Masters Area Way, Edmonton Manager selection 2018 Association) Challenge London N9 0NR. Nick made in (VAC team to Lauder. Nov enter) 2017 Sat. VAC Cecil Gittins Cyclopark 1pm Closing 14 Enquiries Dave Memorial The Tollgate All ages date tbc. April Hoben Walks (inc. Wrotham Rd welcome. Entries 2018 Enfield Gravesend 2.5k, accepted League 10k Kent DA11 7NP 5k,10k,15 on the match) k (road) day. For other regional/national/international masters events refer to the BMAF website.